TPCASTT: Poem Analysis Method: title, paraphrase, connotation, diction, attitude, tone, shift(s), title revisited and theme
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I think the Title of poem means:
I think the title “Dreamers” means the poem will be told by a soldier or about a soldier dreaming to come home from the trenches.
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Paraphrase parts of the Poem
The soldiers are in war and battling each hour for they might lose their life. The soldiers begin to dream about home when the guns start to be fired. The soldiers see their life when they look in dug-outs and trenches. They begin to lose hope that they will ever go home.
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Connotation of some of the words—changing literal meaning to implied or associated values
The poem uses symbolism when it says “death's gray land”. The poem also uses alliteration when it says “mocked by hopeless longing to regain”. The poem uses repetition saying “and” to begin half of the lines in stanza two.
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Attitude—What is the attitude of the author, characters, or yourself?
The attitude is sadness and hopefulness.
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Shift—At first we think or feel one way—then there is a shift: identify the shifts and explain them
The shift is between the first stanza and the second stanza. The shift is when the mood goes from sadness to dreaming about life before war.
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Title revisited—any new insights on meaning or significance of title.
The significance of the title is saying that soldiers dream of life before they are in the war.
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Theme or Author’s Purpose
Author’s purpose was to explain that soldiers don’t like to be in war and think of home often.
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“Dreamers” by Siegfried Sassoon
I think the title “Dreamers” means the poem will be told by a soldier or about a soldier dreaming to come home from the trenches.
The soldiers are in war and battling each hour for they might lose their life. The soldiers begin to dream about home when the guns start to be fired. The soldiers see their life when they look in dug-outs and trenches. They begin to lose hope that they will ever go home.
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The poem uses symbolism when it says “death's gray land”. The poem also uses alliteration when it says “mocked by hopeless longing to regain”. The poem uses repetition saying “and” to begin half of the lines in stanza two.
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The attitude is sadness and hopefulness.
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The shift is between the first stanza and the second stanza. The shift is when the mood goes from sadness to dreaming about life before war.
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The significance of the title is saying that soldiers dream of life before they are in the war.
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Author’s purpose was to explain that soldiers don’t like to be in war and think of home often.